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Collapse MS 1609 - Sir Josiah Mason's Orphanage and Almshouses - 1856 - 1990MS 1609 - Sir Josiah Mason's Orphanage and Almshouses - 1856 - 1990
Expand 1 - Orphanage Trustees Minutes - 1869 - 19551 - Orphanage Trustees Minutes - 1869 - 1955
Expand 2 - Orphanage Committee of Management Minutes - 1869 - 19542 - Orphanage Committee of Management Minutes - 1869 - 1954
Expand 3 - Almshouses Trustees and Committee Minutes - 1930 - 19633 - Almshouses Trustees and Committee Minutes - 1930 - 1963
Expand 4 - Financial Records - 1870 - 19714 - Financial Records - 1870 - 1971
Expand 5 - Legal Records - 1868 - 20th cent.5 - Legal Records - 1868 - 20th cent.
Expand 6 - Plans - 1916 - [c.1935]6 - Plans - 1916 - [c.1935]
Expand 7 - Personal Records - 1916 - 19787 - Personal Records - 1916 - 1978
Expand 8 - Correspondence and other papers relating to the founding of the first orphanage. - 1856 - 18578 - Correspondence and other papers relating to the founding of the first orphanage. - 1856 - 1857
Expand 9 - Correspondence of Josiah Mason relating to orphans and other Orphanages - 1861 - 18709 - Correspondence of Josiah Mason relating to orphans and other Orphanages - 1861 - 1870
Expand 10 - Other Miscellaneous papers relating to Josiah Mason and Josiah Mason Trust - 1869 - 197510 - Other Miscellaneous papers relating to Josiah Mason and Josiah Mason Trust - 1869 - 1975
Expand 11 - Printed Items - 1876 - 197511 - Printed Items - 1876 - 1975
Collapse 12 - Photographs - [late 19th cent] - 198912 - Photographs - [late 19th cent] - 1989
1 - Collection of pictorial postcards showing exterior, dormitory, dining hall and other views of the orphanage. - [early 20th cent.]
2 - Collection of mounted photographs of the orphanage; playing fields, swimming pool, dining hall, games room, dormitory, classroom. - [1937]
3 - Collection of colour photographs of the demolition of Sir Josiah Mason's Orphanage - 1964
4 - Miscellaneous views of interior and exterior of orphanage - [late 19th - 20th cent.]
5 - Album containing photographs of trustees, officers, teachers and inmates relating to the orphanage and almshouses - [late 19th cent.]
6 - Photographs of Josiah Mason and his wife Ann - 1989
7 - Photographs of trustees - [late 19th cent.]
8 - Photographs of orphanage sports days - [c. 1920s]
9 - Photograph of cricket team - 1920
10 - Photographs of orphanage boys working in the garden - [early 20th cent.]
11 - Photographs of visit by Alderman James and an old boy, who gained the military medal in First World War - [c. 1920]
12 - Photographs of reunion of old scholars - [c. 1920s]
13 - Group photograph of orphanage children and the National Association of School Masters and their Wives - [c. 1920]
14 - Photographs of orphanage children, former scholars and teachers, and residents of almshouses - [early - mid 20th cent.]
15 - Photograph of almshouses in Station Road, Erdington - [early 20th cent.]
16 - Photograph of view of Grange Road, Erdington - [early 20th cent.]
17 - Photographs of gardens and memorial plaque at Mason Court [Witton Cemetery] - [1960s]
18 - Copper plates of interior and exterior of Mason House, Shirley - [1970s]
19 - Photograph of building work at [Mason House?, Shirley] - [1970s]
Expand 13 - Newscuttings - 1864 - 199013 - Newscuttings - 1864 - 1990
Expand 14 - Unpublished historical research relating to Josiah Mason - 1970 - [c. 1980]14 - Unpublished historical research relating to Josiah Mason - 1970 - [c. 1980]
Expand 15 - Artefacts - [late 19th - 20th cent.]15 - Artefacts - [late 19th - 20th cent.]
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